Agile and Scrum - Mountain Goat Software

Move Past Mechanics to Agility That Sticks

“We’ve started agile but it doesn’t feel like anything’s changed.”

You can tell when agile or Scrum isn’t sticking. Teams aren’t delivering valuable increments, and the work doesn’t feel enjoyable. Meetings happen because they’re on the calendar, not because they help the team move faster. A clear warning sign is when a crisis hits and teams abandon their agile practices. If the mindset isn’t there, stress sends them straight back to waterfall. If you’ve found yourself thinking: “Is this it? Is this all there is?” we can help.

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53% of agile transformations create lasting change

A global Boston Consulting Group study showed that while 94% of companies had embarked on agile initiatives, only 53% realized transformation targets, creating lasting shifts in culture, teamwork, and performance. BCG

When teams adopt the ceremonies but not the mindset, results suffer. What would change if your teams could be truly agile?

What's Possible with MGS

Turn ceremonies into accelerators, not checkboxes.

We show teams how to use Scrum events to create momentum. Planning, dailies, and reviews stop being obligations and start driving faster delivery. By practicing together, teams learn how just-enough structure speeds them up, like the lines on a highway, guiding without slowing them down.

Help teams move beyond rules to outcomes.

We teach the characteristics of an agile mindset: incremental delivery, owning the problem, continuous improvement, and leading with context, not control. Teams practice shifting from “we’re doing Scrum” to “we’re succeeding together”, and discover that repeated small wins make work both easier and more enjoyable.

Keep agile practices strong under pressure

Too often, teams abandon agile practices at the first big deadline. We give them the tools and mentoring to hold the line under pressure. By reinforcing behaviors and creating improvement communities, teams embed agility deeply enough that it lasts, so even in a crunch, they don’t slide back to old habits.

How We Can Help

Introduction to Agile

This short course introduces the key concepts, principles, and practices of agile.

Working on a Scrum Team

Working on a Scrum Team is perfect for managers, programmers, testers, analysts, product managers and anyone who is interested in working on or with a Scrum team.

Agile for Leaders

Rapidly and respectfully ensure executives and other leaders understand effective leadership within an agile framework.

How We've Helped Other Teams

Strengthening Agile Consistency Across 50+ Scrum Teams

Using trusted principles and resources from Mountain Goat Software's blogs, tools, and course-informed practices this client built out their internal agile framework.

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Mountain Goat Software helped us bring clarity to what agile should look like at scale. Their principles gave us a structured foundation to build on, while still allowing our teams the freedom to adapt. We’ve seen the difference in how people work—those who follow the Mountain Goat way just get it. It’s been a valuable guide as we continue evolving how we work

Engineering Operations Lead

Mountain Goat Software helped us set a shared baseline for agile practice across a wide range of experience levels. It was a valuable step in supporting consistency across the organization, without losing flexibility or respect for local context.

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